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Islamic Medicine + Surgery Flashcards

(17 cards)

1
Q

When was the Arabic Empire?

A

600-700 AD to 1258AD

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2
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What was the Islamic view on disease?

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Less religious and more scientific/ logical

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3
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How did Islamic ideas come about?

A

Arabists copied Ancient texts into Arabic.

Physicians used these works + added their new ideas.

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4
Q

What was Islamic treatment like?

A

Herbal remedies

Less harsh surgery (few amputations unlike Romans)

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5
Q

Where did physicians learn?

A

On job in hospitals

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6
Q

Who were hospitals for?

A
Everyone
Unlike England (only for poor and uncontagious)
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7
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How many hospitals in Baghdad?

A

100 by 1000AD

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8
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How many hospitals in total?

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Every large town had one by 1100s

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9
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When and where was their first hospital?

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Baghdad

805AD

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10
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Short term significance?

A

Lots of people helped in hospitals

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11
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Long term significance?

A

Kick started belief in science > religion

Many ideas lasted in books and transported worldwide, e.g. Crusades

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12
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Main 2 differences from European medicine?

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Less influenced by religion

Less extreme approach (more logical and slow)

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13
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Al - Razi (Rhazes)?

A

Wrote 50+ books (used for centuries)
Used ideas from everywhere (Galen, Chinese, Indian)
Said careful diagnosis was key
1st accurate smallpox description (logical)

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14
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Al - Zahrawi (Albucasis)?

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Surgery expert

Wrote book on abdominal operations, included 200+ surgery tools

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15
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Ibn-Al-Nafis?

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Didn’t believe Galen’s blood from liver theory

Said blood circulated (not burnt up)

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16
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna)?

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Wrote key books - The Cannon of Medicine

Encouraged observation + experimentation

17
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What was The Cannon of Medicine?

A

Main textbook used by physicians until 17th C
700+ medicines and uses
How to diagnose
Written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)